A teenager badly hurt in a crash on the A511 at the weekend has died of his injuries.

The 19-year-old driver was with two friends when his car, a Vauxhall Astra, was involved in a collision with a lorry in Sinope – a village on the road between Coalville and Ashby.

The crash, which happened at 12.35am on Saturday, is being investigated by the police, who have appealed for help from anyone who witnessed either vehicle at around the time of the crash or has dashcam footage.

Detective Constable Pete Davies from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Leicestershire Police, said: “I am particularly keen to speak to anyone who saw either vehicle prior to the collision or may have dashcam footage that can help with our enquiries."

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The other two men in the Astra, who are both aged 19, remain in hospital. They both had to be cut free from the wreckage of the vehicle by firefighters and were taken to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. One suffered serious injuries and the other minor injuries.

The lorry driver, who was in a red Iveco HGV, was not injured in the incident.